Our mixed dorm at the Hostel del Rio in Colonia del Sacramento turned out to be empty, which was just as well since we needed all 6 beds to re-pack our backpacks to prepare for our assault on Patagonia. This is where we hope to unleash some of our expensive kit, which was bought in…

We left Montevideo in the morning and had to cut the conversation short with Stephanie who engaged us in a discussion about the fruits in her native Nicaragua. We headed straight to Punta del Este and the Bed and Breakfast “ La Casa” where we had found a last minute deal online. It was surprisingly…

So here I am, sipping a glass of Tannat red wine (prominent grape in Uruguay, originally from the South West of France) and nibbling on crisps while Ed is cooking diner in the (shared hostel) kitchen. Lucky me! The boarder crossing with Uruguay was extremely smooth as all the passport controls occurred in the boat…

Our whirlwind first week concluded in Buenos Aires, a wonderful city of epic proportion. There are some 13 million people living in 48 barrios (districts). The 10 we managed to visit effectively make-up the ‘tourist map’, bookended by the respective stadia of River Plate football club to the north and Boca Juniors to the south. The…

After crossing the boarder with Paraguay under torrential rain, we were happy to see Gaston arriving at the international train station in Posadas. He drove us to the next destination of our journey – courtesy of our friend Santi – a beautiful estate called Rincon Chico, located in northern Argentina, in a region called Mesopotamia….

We left Puerto Iguazu for Posadas on Sunday morning in relative luxury with our ‘semi cama’ seats (they recline 160 degrees), so the 5½ hour journey flew by. We arrived in Posadas bus terminal a little cold (the bus drivers do enjoy their air conditioning) but we were welcomed by 35 degree heat and blazing…

  Happy New Year! So, this is hopefully the first post of many! We touched down in a very wet Buenos Aires early morning on the 1st of January and promptly boarded a bus for the domestic airport in order to catch our internal flight to Iguazu. Two episodes of Game of Thrones later (this will…